Talk:Wile E. Coyote

RFV discussion: October 2011–February 2012
Needs to meet BRAND and/or FICTION. - -sche (discuss) 06:20, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Only WT:FICTION IMO, not a "brand name of a physical product", it's not physical in any way at all. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:48, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * WT:BRAND should evidently be changed to cover non-physical products and services. Many everyday brands are not tangible. Equinox ◑ 13:42, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * It seems so obvious that one would think that this broader coverage must have been what was intended, as it is hard to find a legitimate basis for a lexicographically significant distinction between a service mark and a trademark. In fact, I would naively expect [[WT:BRAND]] to include names that were not registered as either kind of mark, such as dba:, commercial jingles, and, possibly, political counterparts and words and catchphrases used for propaganda.
 * As to this case, it is almost certain that the character has been used for the sale of merchandise under license, which would seem to make WT:BRAND as now (mis)written literally applicable. DCDuring TALK 14:46, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Find Wile E. Coyote merchandise here. DCDuring TALK 14:49, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm sure I could go to Toys R Us and buy Wile E. Coyote, or a Wile E. Coyote. (Arguably, the fictional character and its various images and representations are a single dictionary sense.) The trademark broadly covers the name and image, including physical products, and so the entry should meet all of our relevant criteria.. —Michael Z. 2011-12-14 16:55 z 


 * RFV-failed as uncited. - -sche (discuss) 02:11, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Verb forms
How should the verb forms on this entry be specified? For the 3sg it seems like "Wile E. Coyotes" is preferred (although I can't find published examples), the present participle can have either a hyphen or an en dash, and the past tense uses an apostrophe. ? Ioaxxere (talk) 05:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Cf., . J3133 (talk) 11:25, 8 January 2024 (UTC)